Schenck Avenue & McClancy Place

Schenck Avenue and McClancy Place meet at a three-way junction in East New York-New Lots, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. New Lots Learning Center is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Van Siclen Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the 3. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and five places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Van Siclen Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 3
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
New Lots Av/Schenck Av · B15
Within a walk
20 places
9 religious buildings, 4 gardens and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Schenck Avenue & McClancy Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Van Siclen Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Van Siclen Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 3 …
New Lots
1 line
  1. 3 …

Also within a walk

  1. New Lots Av 3
    0.3 miles
    3

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Garden Rail” (2017) by Saya Woolfalk at the Van Siclen Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is New Lots Av/Schenck Av, 500 feet away, for the B15.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. New Lots Av/Schenck Av B15
    500 feet
    B15

Next buses at this stop

  1. B15 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Livonia Ave & Schenck Ave 16 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Jamaica Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1939 Linden Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1065 Elton Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 1389 Rockaway Parkway Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11207
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
42
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East New York-New Lots
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and March 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of McClancy Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of McClancy Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Schenck Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Federal (late), and built between 1823 and 1824.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 gardens
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    360 feet
  2. Barbey Prep Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    840 feet
  3. Boulevard Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. ENY Youth Farm Garden
    550 feet
  2. Sankofa Park
    610 feet
  3. Sankofa Park Playground
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Commitment Garden
    850 feet
  2. Fresh Farm Garden
    1,010 feet
  3. Victory Garden B5 Garden
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New Lots Learning Center Library
    550 feet
  2. New Lots Library
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. New Lots Reformed Church Landmark · listed historic place
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along McClancy Place or Schenck Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.